| Article Index |
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| A Clear and Consistent Approach to Development |
| Trade |
| Aligning Trade Policy with Development |
| Migration |
| Intellectual Property |
| Common Vision |
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A Clear and Common Vision for Development
The United States needs to ensure that all policies that impact developing countries are consistent with development objectives. It needs to consolidate development programs in one place with a clear mandate. And it needs an office capable of providing the strong leadership to meet this mandate. “We need a clear and common vision for development across and throughout both branches of the United States government,” recommends a group of high-level bipartisan government officials, appropriately named the HELP Commission. The examples in this chapter on trade, migration, and intellectual property rights demonstrate that this vision is far from being realized in current U.S. policies. The problem is that no one is currently responsible for ensuring coherence among the multiple offices in government. In the United Kingdom, this responsibility resides in the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID), which “has dramatically increased the standing, reputation, and expertise of the United Kingdom in the area of international development,” notes the HELP Commission report.
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